[Adopted 9-25-1989 by L.L. No. 23-1989]
Upon any written and signed report to the Board
of Trustees informing the Board that any person is in violation of
the provisions of any such law or ordinance, the Village Clerk shall
cause an investigation to be made, and the results of such investigation
shall be reported to the Board of Trustees, in writing.
A.
Where such investigation report demonstrates to the
satisfaction of the Board of Trustees that an immediate hazard to
public health or safety exists because of an apparent violation of
any law or ordinance of the village, the Board of Trustees may direct
that the owner and/or person in control of the property where the
violation is alleged to have taken place, or the person or persons
who are alleged to have committed said violation, appear before the
Board of Trustees, at a designated time and place, at least five days
after the date of such notice, to show cause why it should not be
determined that a violation of this law exists and why such owner
and/or person should not be required to remove such violation at the
expense of such owner and/or person.
B.
After such owner and/or person is given such opportunity
to show cause, and if the Board of Trustees determines that a violation
of this law exists, the Board of Trustees may direct that notice be
given to such owner and/or person, directing such owner and/or person
to remove said violation within a reasonable period of time specified
in such notice, and further notifying such owner and/or person that
in the event of noncompliance with such direction, the provisions
of this Article shall be applicable.
C.
Service of any notification provided in this section
may be made upon such owner, an agent of such owner and/or such person
by personal delivery or by certified mail, return receipt requested,
addressed to such person at the last known address for such person,
and if no such address is known, at the address of the property.
Any person served with a notice to remove or
cure a violation pursuant to this Article shall comply with such notice
within the period of time specified in such notice.
In the event that any person fails to comply
with the requirements of any notice given as provided in this Article,
the Board of Trustees may authorize appropriate work to be performed,
or services to be rendered, to remove or cure the specified violations,
and pay the cost thereof from general funds of the village appropriated
by the Board of Trustees for such service.
The village shall be reimbursed for the cost
of the work performed or the services rendered, as herein provided,
including the cost of any professional services (other than legal
services) required by the village for compliance with the provisions
of this Article and any other expenses incurred by the village for
compliance with the provisions of this Article, and such reimbursement
shall be made by the owner of the property upon which such work was
performed or services provided, and in the event that such reimbursement
is not made within 30 days after demand, the amount so unpaid shall
be included as an additional assessment against the property in the
same manner as taxes due to the village, in the manner provided by
law.
The provisions of this Article shall be in addition
to any other penalty or fine prescribed for any violation of a law
or ordinance of the village.
